Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Digital)

This course is delivered in a unique design which offers a transdisciplinary approach to decision making in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments.

The program has been designed with the business challenge at its centre, with three thematic units and one practical high-impact project helping you to customise your learning and development outcomes and apply them directly to your workplace.

Each unit in the program belongs to one of three discipline streams:

strategy and innovation decision making leadership and engagement.

Domestic Students

The course consists of:

• three thematic units (12 credit points each)
• one High Impact Project (HiP) self-directed, work-integrated unit (totalling 12 credit points).

Each unit is designed around the standard of 150 hours of learning distributed across ten weeks of primarily online and self-directed and workplace learning. There is also an optional two-day face-to-face intensive workshop prior to the beginning of each unit.

You will undertake units sequentially.

You may choose to undertake the High Impact Project either in parallel with the thematic units across the year or sequentially as a fourth 12 credit point unit after the three thematic units have been completed.

International Students

Academic entry requirements

You must have:

• a completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.5 (on QUT's 7-point scale)
• a minimum of 3 years of full-time post-degree work experience, with a minimum of 2 years of relevant professional work experience and a minimum of 1 year of supervisory/management experience.

You must also submit responses to following mandatory reflective questions:

1. Motivation to complete the QUT MBA
2. Intended contribution to the cohort
3. Work/life/study balance strategy
4. Current leadership philosophy

Additional entry information

You must attend a videoconference interview with the MBA Program Manager.

If you do not satisfy the minimum GPA requirement, you may be required to attend an interview with the MBA Director.

Work experience

Relevant work experience indicates that you will be able to contribute to class discussion. A minimum of three years of full-time equivalent professional or managerial work experience is required after you've completed an undergraduate degree. To enable us to assess your work experience, you must supply a current curriculum vitae providing details of your roles, responsibilities and achievements.

Pathways

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a minimum overall grade point average score of 4.5 (on QUT's 7 point scale), students can articulate into the Master of Business Administration degree program.

Possible careers

• Account Executive
• Chief Digital Officer
• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Financial Officer
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Transformational Officer
• Executive Project Manager
• General Manager
• Project Manager